A post on NeoGAF offers purportedly leaked details and screenshots on the Syndicate remake long rumored (or perhaps confirmed) to be in the works at Starbreeze Studios (thanks nin via Kotaku). According to the post, the images and info were posted to EA's Origin store, though if that's the case, they have since been removed. They also note rumors that the game will be formally unveiled in the next issue of the European magazine Gamereactor. Here's the description they offer, which mentions "a unique action shooter" and a "Visceral FPS Experience":

Syndicate is the re-imagination of a cult classic franchise from 1993 - a unique action shooter set in a not too distant future, where Business is War.

2069 – No longer governed by politicians, the developed world is divided up into regions controlled by megacorporations known as Syndicates. These Syndicates have revolutionized how the consumer interacts with the digital world. No longer does the consumer require a device to access the worldˇ¦s data and control their technology, they can do this at the blink of an eye via neural chip implant. Civilians flocked to be ˇ§chipˇ¦dˇ¨ and enjoy all that their selected Syndicate has to offer; housing, medical, banking, insurance, education, entertainment and jobs. One complete package. One complete lifestyle. In return, the Syndicates gained unprecedented insights, and control, over the individual and their behaviour. With little governmental oversight, business has become war. The Syndicates will stop at nothing for ultimate market dominance. At the front line of this war are the Agents, the Syndicateˇ¦s bio-engineered and chip-augmented enforcers. They can breach anything in the wired world including their enemies, their weapons and the environment that surrounds them, making them the most efficient and deadly technological weapons in the world.

Take on the role of Miles Kilo, Eurocorpˇ¦s latest prototype agent, and embark on a brutal action adventure of corruption and revenge.

• Chip Enhanced Gameplay: Slow down time, see through walls, and breach your enemy and everything digital in the world with Dart vision – A neural DART6 chip implant that allows you to interface directly with the Dataverse.

• 4-Player Online Co-op: Assemble your Syndicate for global domination. A 4-player, online co-op experience like no other, with chip enhanced gameplay and 9 missions re-imagined from the original Syndicate.

Semantics. The reality is that Syndicate was a dead brand that has been revived, just like Fallout 3. Nothing was being done with them. Now you could argue that they're better left dead than remade like this but Fallout 3 was very well received and it remains to be seen what happens with the new Syndicate.

If the latest entry in a series is completely different than and/or inferior to the previous entries, then the revival of the series doesn't really mean anything at all. It's like if they made a new Dungeon Keeper game, only this time it's a military shooter. Should fans of the original games be happy about that? It remains to be seen whether or not the new Syndicate will be a worthy entry to the series but again, just because a new game has an old franchise slapped onto it doesn't mean fans should automatically rejoice.

Afterall, Tribes: Vengeance was crap but the poor reception and criticism lead on to Tribes: Ascend, which looks to be much better.

T:A looks even worse than T:V. At least T:V retained the freeform loadout system and weapon carry limits of the previous games. T:A has predefined loadouts, each with a two-weapon limit. And they added unlockables. And health regen. And nerfed the speed down to T2 Base levels. And added a bunch of hitscan weapons. I'd rather Tribes stay dead than see it raped like T:A appears to be doing.